Time Warner Web Efforts
Head Down Several Paths

By

Jane Weaver MSNBC

Updated March 26, 1999 2:28 p.m. ET

In its five-year history, Time Warner Inc.'s Internet strategy -- especially its oft-criticized Pathfinder site -- has taken more hits than heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield. But the media conglomerate's plans for a new type of portal, hinted at by Chief Executive Gerald Levin at an entertainment conference this week, is receiving kudos from Wall Street analysts.

Instead of one massive entry point -- the all-encompassing, general interest portal network as exemplified by Yahoo! Inc., Excite Inc. or Go Network -- Time...